One day, Lynn's dog Spot suddenly contracted the dreaded
disease of kurtosis. Not only was this disease debilitating, but was the
most virulent strain called "platykurtosis." First he lost weight;
then his perky personality went flat. A close friend told Lynn his to
take Spot to a statistical physician who specialized in this type of disease.
After a thorough exam, the physician exclaimed: "Sir, you and Spot
are indeed very lucky because the FDA has just approved a new drug called
mesokurtizone. This drug will bulk up Spot's middle, reduce his tail deformity,
make his tail to wag two-thirds of the time, encourage him to eat 95%
of the food he's given, and bring back his desire to chase 99% of the
cats he sees. In no time at all, he'll return to feeling NORMAL again!"

There's a professor emeritus of geography
at the University of Oslo (in Norway) by the name of Just Gjessing. Too
bad he wasn't a statistics professor.

These 2 jokes were not newly written by me. Instead, they were plucked
from depositories of statistical humor, edited slightly, and posted
here to in an effort to show that there's a lighter side to this supposedly
dry discipline. If you'd like to see more "funny stuff" about
statistics, click here to
enter Gary Ramseyer's wonderful website entitled "First Internet
Gallery of Statistics Jokes."